Awesome Apps/Websites for Educators

Use Kizoa Slideshow and Video Maker to easily create movies with text, effects and music. Share online, burn to DVD, or download to computer. There are several templates to choose from, and it works similar to Windows Movie Maker in which you drag and drop pictures, music, transitions, and more onto your video. The videos are easily sharable and fun to watch!

Free K-12 educational videos ... organized. Tens of thousands of excellent, educational videos in a huge, intuitive directory. Organized, reviewed, rated, and described by teachers. Ideal as a supplement to a curriculum or for independent study. Designed for teachers, students, parents, homeschoolers, educators ... and all life-long learners! Think of it as Educational YouTube!

Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn - any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages! Our tech teacher has the kids create quizzes for their classmates to take and then they rate them on the clarity and difficulty of the quiz. The kids love it! Other teachers have used Kahoot for review days. The questions are timed and the faster the kids answer, the more points they earn.

Give your photos a voice with ChatterPix! Chatterpix can make anything talk -- pets, friends, doodles, and more! Download for iPad & iPhone Simply take any photo, draw a line to make a mouth, and record your voice. Then share your Pix with friends and family as silly greetings, playful messages, or creative cards.

Teaching spelling and vocabulary is easy with VocabularySpellingCity! Students can study and learn their word lists using vocabulary and spelling learning activities and games. Students can take final or practice spelling and vocabulary tests right on this engaging site. Premium games and automated student record keeping are available to Premium Members for a yearly fee. I played around on the "free" side using words from an 8th grade vocabulary list. I typed in the list and then it immediately defined each word, told me the part of speech, and used the words in sentences. I could play many games to learn the words and take tests in which the words are read aloud and used in a sentence. I could see this site being really helpful to kids wanting to perfect their spelling or vocabulary skills, or kids struggling to understand their lists.

Equip your students with Genius Scan and you won't need them to be back in the classroom to access their documents. They snap a picture and Genius Scan transforms it into a PDF, which can be multi-page if necessary.